Safety booth for cashiers&#39; cages



E. E. DELL.

SAFETY BOOTH FOR CASHIERS CAGES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.-I6, 1920.

Patented June 2@, 1922.

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E. E. DELL.

SAFETY BOOTH FOR CASHIERS CAGES.

APPLIQAHON mu) FEB. 16. 1920.

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EMORY E. DELL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

. SAFETY BOOTH FO R CASHIERS CAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jun 269, 31922.

Appfication filed February i6, 1920. Serial No. 358,891.

. invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Safety Booths forCashiers Cages, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which i it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a booth located adjacent to the window of a bankteller or cashiers cage, designed to trap anyone attempting to rob orthreaten the life of the teller while in the booth.

One object of the invention is to provide means controlled by the telleradapted to out off the exit of anyone entering the booth, that he may beheld pending the. arrival of police or other assistance.

Another object of the invention is to provide against an accompliceoutside the booth coming to the assistance of the culprit confinedtherein.

Another object of the invention is to provide for the protection of adepositor while transacting his business with the teller, so that he maydeposit money with the teller or receive money from the latter withoutdanger of exposing the nature or extent of the transaction tomaliciously disposed persons who may at'the time be lingering near thecashiers or tellers cage.

With the foregoing and other objects in' view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafter-described and claimed, it being understood that changes maybe made-in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosedwithout departing from the spirit of the same.

In the accompanying drawings: forming ,part of this specification Figure1 is a longitudinal vertical crosssectional view through the boothandiouter wall of the cashiers cage on line 1'1 of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional and plan view taken on line 2-2 ofFigure 1.'

Figure. 3 is a detail cross-sectional view of 'the upper end of thebooth, showing means for rotatably suspending the inner chamber andwhereby it may be only rotated in one direction.

Figure 4 is a detailed cross-sectional view showing the tripping boltand co-operating elements, whereby the inner chamber may be held againstrotation.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic plan view, showing the door opening of theinner rotatable chamber in registration with the inlet and exit openingin the stationary wall of the booth.

Figure 6 is a similar diagrammatic view showing the door opening of theinner rotatable chamber in registration with the tel lers window.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings A,denotes the dividing wall separating the tellers cage or desk from theusual bank lobby. B, is the tellers window and C, indicates his desk.

D, denotes a stationary circular booth consisting of a cylindrical shellor casing-of suitable height closedat the top and located adjacent toand directly in front of the tellers window, with a window opening I) inits wall through which business may be transacted with the teller.

D is-a door opening, in the wall of the booth, preferably diametricallyopposite the window opening, through which the cusface of the spiderfrom which is rotatably suspended-an inner chamber F by means of atrunnion or stub shaft F fitted with a washer G overlapping the end ofthe thimble, and a nut H engaging the end of the stub shaft. The innerchamber F consists of a cylindrical shell or casing having a singlerelatively narrow opening adapted to be carried by the rotary movementof the inner shell or casing into register with the tween the window anddoor opening of the outer shell so as to be closedby the latter forconfining a person within the inner shell or casing. a v

I, is a vertically disposed bolt, sleeved in in a guide or housing 3,secured to the spider frame E, I is a socket for the bolt having aninclined guide-way I, for the latter bolted to the frame of the innerchamber F. K, denotes a bell crank lever, pivoted in a supporting lugsecured to the spider frame E, one leg of which extends into a slotprovided for its reception in the bolt I. L, indicates a cableconnecting the other arm of the bell-crank lever with a foot treadle M,within the tellers cage. L, L are guide pulleys for the cable, L is ahousing for the bell-crank and cable. N, is a tripping latch of suitableconstruction adapted to engage the treadle to normally maintainthe boltin an elevated or released position but which may be readily tripped bythe tellers' foot when desired.

P,.indicates a spring connected with one arm of the bell-crank lever andwith the bolt guide or housing J. Q, is a circular rack bar bolted to asupporting spider frame R,-

to which the wall of the inner chamber is secured and Q isa co-actingdog pivoted to the frame E. F is, a handle secured to the inner face ofthe wall of the chamber F whereby the occupant of the chamber may rotatethe latter so that the inlet opening W may respectively register withthe tellers window or the exit opening of the booth as required.

Having indicated the several parts by reference letters, theconstruction and operation of the device will be readily understood Acustomer wishing to deposit or receive funds from the bank enters thebooth and by means of the handle F rotates the inner chamber F until thedoor registers with the tellers window,his business may then betransacted with the teller free from prying eyes, and having completedthe same he again rotates the inner chamber until the door registerswith the inlet and exit opening in the booth, through which he may pass.If however anyone should enter the booth with a view to threatening thelife of the teller for the purpose of robbing the bank, it is onlynecessary for the teller to trip the latch engaging the foot treadle M,where- ;pon the spring P will cause the bell-crank to tilt thus forcingdownwardly the bolt I that it may enter the socket I carried by therotatable chamber to secure it against further rotation and thustrapping the culprit within the booth,

It will be noted that the rotatable chamber may be turned in onedirection only, due to the action of the circular rack bar and itsengaging dog.

Having thus described my invention what inner shell or'casing providedwith a relatively narrow door opening adapted to register with eitherthe window opening or the door opening of the booth, said inner shell orcasing being also movable to carry its opening to an intermediateposition between the door opening and the window opening so as to beclosed by the outer shell or casing for confining a: person within thesaid inner shell or casing, and means for locking the rotatable memberin such intermediate position for closing all of the said openings.

2- A safetybooth for cashiers cages and the like, including an outershell or casing having a relatively narrow window opening and arelatively narrow door opening, a rotatable member consisting of acylindrical inner shell or casing provided witha relatively narrow dooropening adapted to register with either the window opening or the dooropening ofthe booth, said inner shell or casing being also movable tocarry its opening to an'intermediate position between the door openingand the window opening so as to be closed by the outer shell or casingfor confining a person within the said inner shell or casing, means forlocking the rotatable member in such intermediate position for closingall of the said openings, ratchet mechanism for preventing retrograderotation of the inner member to permit the rotation of the inner memberin one direction only, and manually controlled means for automaticallylocking the rotatable member in the said intermediate position with allof the openings closed. i

3. A safety booth for cashiers cages and the like, including an outershell or casing having a relatively narrow window opening and arelatively narrow door opening, a rotatable member consisting of acylindrical inner shell or casing provided with a relatively narrow dooropening adapted to register with either the window opening or the dooropening of the booth, said inner shell or casing being also movabl tocarry its inner shell or casing, a vertical movable bolt 18 monnted uponthe top of the outer shell or and manually operable means for releasingemme e:

casing exteriorly of the same and slidable the saidholt.

, 10 through the top of the said Outer shell or In testimony whereof,Isign this specificasing to engage and disengage the keeper eation inthe presence 0f two witnesses.

for iochng the rotatable member against EMORY E. DELL. movement,yieldable means for urging the Witnesses:

, holt into engagement with the keeper, means S. E. THOMAS,

for homing the bolt out of such engagement, JOHN consmmn, Jr;

